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"Administration doesn't care about hackers until it is too late" - by Archangel Michael (180766) on Tuesday May 12, @01:22PM (#27924375)

Damn straight, & it cost me a job once in 2006: I was hired by a company called POMCO in Syracuse N.Y. to help secure their codebases done in VB6 (some of which we transitioned over to VB.NET because of its capacities for server-side apps mostly & built-in garbage cleanup) to scramble out SS#'s & such... I completed 3-4 apps in 7 months there... but?

Later, I discovered they were NOT securing down the "end points" (workstations, printers, etc. et al) fully, per this type of procedure outlined in this guide, to supplement work I & the others devs had done to the apps AND webservers + DB engines (SQLServer):

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 & even VISTA, + make it 'fun-to-do', via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=2ccbde62be4c73b6d069d86d5cf90200&showtopic=2662

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I suggested that to be done, FIRST, on a "prototype" system!

(To be sure ALL of our apps would work using it (they did, @ least all the ones I worked on, because I eventually did my workstation that way @ their shop & ALL still worked), then "mass deploy" the settings using AD Group Policies &/or logon scripts (merging .reg files etc. et al)).

So, upon discovering this?

I went to the CIO first, privately, telling him:

"This needs doing as well as securing down code & DB's! IF you don't? It WILL eventually get you "keylogged" most likely due to user error in unawareness of the dangers present online. Educate them all about it, in a meeting @ some point is the way to go! Simply, because all the security in the world won't help once the user's passwords are 'sniffed' out upon logon (to their workstations &/or DB backends through the front ends we devs built for they)".

I also used users to consult on the design of apps we built or rebuilt for they, which proved a TOTALLY "new wrinkle" for them, because the main user of one of the apps was in our morning meeting we had once a week and actually THANKED ME for it!

(The sad part? The others developers, not all, but the main one? Literally called them "STUPID", & I was like "You're the stupid one: Those people, first of all, know THEIR JOBS far better than we do, & THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE & USE... plus? They're the reason WE HAVE A JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE!". This was a 6 yr. developer leading that shop, & it showed, especially w/ THAT attitude towards his users - his work was also quite shoddy, lacking error traps & wasn't 'automated' enough... so much so, that I had to run one of his 'apps' daily, costing me 30 hrs. a month in MY TIME as a junior dev. there (though I had 15 yrs. under my belt as a pro in this field, with VB/C/C++/Fortran/COBOL/Assembler & more under my belt by that time, I was still the "new kid on the block" learning their data schema, which was NOT puny (insurance company data never is))).

What happened in the end? Well, I found a virus on my system, after asking "Are you monitoring me with somekind of application", they said "NO", so I showed it to them... turns up, it was a virus (keylogger) & I wasn't the ONLY person who had it...

I later found out the CIO (stupid MSCE type, no real years to decades of hands on experience in this field either, probably a relative of the owner or buddy of a higher up in that company is my guess) had setup TREND MICRO's antivirus ALL WRONG... 7 months out of date is what the signatures were... it was USELESS at that point against current threats.

They swiftly went to AVG free edition, & knowing the CIO there? He probably didn't license it legally...

(Which, I am sure, that AVG would like to "get wind

Prove to us you are a professional programmer, ion.simIAn.c, won't you? After all, you CLAIMED that you are, & demanded others do so as well, here:

"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#27811101)

OK - See the lists below (contact the magazines, publishing houses, or software companies involved @ your discretion, if you wish... because it truly IS a pleasure watching you stick your foot in your mouth, each time you falsely accuse myself & others here.

So - professional technically means getting PAID to do a job, right? That's there below in the top-most list in fact, 1st entry...

AND

I've answered ALL of your questions (the ones that matter, & I did so, w/ out writing out a book to do so), here -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27806379 & here also -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27853857

Funniest part is? When I and others (MEK_LoveBug) asked YOU to prove YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMER, as you claimed you were? You RAN, lmao!

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"Google failed to find any offical mention of your work with Russinovich" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

GOOGLE didn't fail, YOU DID (as usual, per this reply AND the list of your screwups here I enumerate below in this exchange)...

See this -> http://www.pcmech.com/article/defragging-the-windows-page-file/ [pcmech.com] (& the comment by "SuperFluid" there)

YOU can't even GOOGLE something right, lol...

You're only showing yourself as what you really are: Nothing more than a "I can't do anything w/out GOOGLE" type online...

SO, AGAIN - YOU say you're a programmer? PROVE IT!

(So, how do you like it? After all, that's the kind of crap you've been saying to me & I provide proof below... and, you do not, & YOU have NOTHING LIKE THE LISTS I PROVIDE BELOW, to your credit)

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"I've emailed Mr. Russinovich to figure out what work that you've done with him" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

For Sunbelt Software (I'll save you the time there) to whom we contracted out wares we had written, thru LC Tech!

(& also MANY years later, in 2003, when I fixed up his pagedefrag program, instructing him where it was hardcoded and how/why it could adversely affect the operations of his application if people moved their pagefile.sys location AND eventlogs (which is doable on both accounts, & he STILL has a hardcode to the latter) to another disk (he had them hardcoded to C: drive only, & it made his program fail). In the end? Well - he emailed me back thanking me in fact.

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"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1

"that is securing operating systems and educating users so that they don't install viruses ? This can also be push forward with tax dollars and would be more useful IMHO." - by godrik (1287354) on Wednesday May 06, @10:25AM (#27845351)

Agreed... per this:

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 & even VISTA, + make it 'fun-to-do', via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=62794411b0bfb0002528d287f570a935&showtopic=2662

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It's what you're suggesting, & it works.

APK

And, moreover, what would they *do* with your IP address if they had it?" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Wednesday May 06, @03:37AM (#27842843)

Nothing, as nothing can get thru this kind of setup with a semi-saavy user even -> http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=0e0939a8079638d64fd73a81b7f302dc&showtopic=2662

(Still, I don't take chances, & I don't invite trouble or start it for no good reason either)

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"You're a security expert" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Wednesday May 06, @03:37AM (#27842843)

If you say so, & thank you I suppose.

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and they're a bunch of wannabes, remember?" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Wednesday May 06, @03:37AM (#27842843)

Again, not everyone there is like Jeremy Reimer, Jay Little, or Jarrett DeAngelis (or you, what with your 'sock puppet', TOR, & single nick references, showing us all YOUR tell & modus operandi)...

APK

P.S.=> Answer the question MEK_LoveBug & myself asked of you, which is what YOU are "big on" in PROOF (which I provided, now it's YOUR TURN) -> Prove to us all you are a professional programmer, since you stated you were & demanded it of myself... I wish you do better though, than you did here -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1221343&cid=27831925 , lol! apk

"Is the the traditional form of SMB password handling secure or insecure? Why or why not? - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:08PM (#27825411)

Insecure due to incorrect DES encryption handling, NTLMv2 is the way... changeable in Secpol.msc "Network Security:" sections of it. In fact, see my guide below for specifics!

(I wrote about this years to DECADES ago &? In both versions of my security guide, give me a break - Learn to READ... please.)

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"And, moreover, what would they *do* with your IP address if they had it?" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Wednesday May 06, @03:37AM (#27842843)

Not much! I.E.-> About as good a performance out of the arstechnica gang, as you did here -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1221343&cid=27831925 lmao!

AND, I can say that... Especially after this:

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, & even VISTA, + make it 'fun-to-do', via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=d92e1af0e02fb341317f7d617b83fdfd&showtopic=2662

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As I don't advertise shares here, via cutting off the "SERVER service" alone can do...

That's as far as getting to my data on disk!

(However, there are vulnerabilities that aren't disclosed either so, I avoid giving away information I don't have to such as my IP addres, ala your SMB question for example, & NTLMv1 vs. NTLMv2 issues (version 1 had DES encryption usage vulnerabilities in LanMan networking (NetBIOS stuff & good ole' port 139 &/or 445)))

That's the thing, the stuff NOBODY has disclosed or discovered that you can BANK on it, some people DO know about, + how to exploit it!

Another E.G. -> NULL session hacks, anyone?

I'm easily immune to that also, since I am a single machine only here (online on the internet single system), & :

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1.) My server service is stalled (saving RAM + other forms of I/O also + I don't need to share anything)

2.) I manually stop shares as well, via:

NET SHARE ADMIN$ /DELETE
NET SHARE IPC$ /DELETE
NET SHARE DFS$ /DELETE
NET SHARE COMCFG$ /DELETE
NET SHARE FAX$ /DELETE
NET SHARE NETLOGON /DELETE
NET SHARE PRINT$ /DELETE
NET USE * /DELETE

3.) I also disable File and Print sharing + Client for Microsoft Networks & disable NetBIOS over Tcp/IP here, via IP settings dialogs in the Local Network connection

4.) Plus, other settings too, which are EASILY controlled via registry hacks, just like using NTLMv1 vs. NTLMv2, & they have GUI fronts for the latter alongside Group Policies you can set on them also (as well as local policies)...

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(That all only takes me minutes, as I have much of the gui tools memorized once I am in them, & the registry settings .reg file mergeable easily, automating the entire process into minutes of work. Layered Security @ work & it works...)

"Layered security" is the trend, & I go into ALL of this, in the URL above...

(Still, one never knows, & I am just being safe, smart, & cool as I don't go looking for trouble with idiots, but I won't "lay down like a dog & roll over" for them either, but then, you know that now, don't you? LOL!)

APK

P.S.=>

"You're a security expert, and they're a bunch of wannabes, remember?" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Wednesday May 06, @03:37AM (#27842843)

I have NO need, desire, or sufficient motivation to visit arstechnica, sorry... & just being safe, & avoiding potential hassle

Not much!

Especially after this:

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, & even VISTA, + make it 'fun-to-do', via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=d92e1af0e02fb341317f7d617b83fdfd&showtopic=2662

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As I don't advertise shares here, via cutting off the "SERVER service" alone can do...

That's as far as getting to my data on disk!

(However, there are vulnerabilities that aren't disclosed either so, I avoid giving away information I don't have to such as my IP addres, ala your SMB question for example, & NTLMv1 vs. NTLMv2 issues (version 1 had DES encryption usage vulnerabilities in LanMan networking (NetBIOS stuff & good ole' port 139 &/or 445)))

That's the thing, the stuff NOBODY has disclosed or discovered that you can BANK on it, some people DO know about, + how to exploit it!

(NULL session hacks, anyone? I'm easily immune to that also, since I am a single machine only here (online on the internet single system), & my server service is stalled (saving RAM + other forms of I/O also)... Plus, other settings too, which are EASILY controlled via registry hacks, just like using NTLMv1 vs. NTLMv2, & they have GUI fronts for the latter alongside Group Policies you can set on them also (as well as local policies))...

"Layered security" is the trend, & I go into ALL of this, in the URL above...

(Still, one never knows, & I am just being safe!)

APK

P.S.=> I have NO need, desire, or sufficient motivation to visit arstechnica, sorry... & just being safe, & avoiding potential hassles is all!

And, don't avoid the question MEK_LoveBug and I have been asking you for (which is what you demanded from myself & I put it up, PROOFS): Provide proof you are what you claim you are in being a professional programmer... apk

Not much!

Especially after this:

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, & even VISTA, + make it 'fun-to-do', via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=d92e1af0e02fb341317f7d617b83fdfd&showtopic=2662

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As I don't advertise shares here, via cutting off the "SERVER service" alone can do...

That's as far as getting to my data on disk!

(However, there are vulnerabilities that aren't disclosed either so, I avoid giving away information I don't have to such as my IP addres, ala your SMB question for example, & NTLMv1 vs. NTLMv2 issues (version 1 had DES encryption usage vulnerabilities in LanMan networking (NetBIOS stuff & good ole' port 139 &/or 445)))

That's the thing, the stuff NOBODY has disclosed or discovered that you can BANK on it, some people DO know about, + how to exploit it!

(NULL session hacks, anyone? I'm easily immune to that also, since I am a single machine only here (online on the internet single system), & my server service is stalled (saving RAM + other forms of I/O also)... Plus, other settings too, which are EASILY controlled via registry hacks, just like using NTLMv1 vs. NTLMv2, & they have GUI fronts for the latter alongside Group Policies you can set on them also (as well as local policies))...

"Layered security" is the trend, & I go into ALL of this, in the URL above...

(Still, one never knows, & I am just being safe!)

APK

P.S.=> I have NO need, desire, or sufficient motivation to visit arstechnica, sorry... & just being safe, & avoiding potential hassles is all! apk

Arstechnica's JEREMY REIMER (a blatant FAKE) was caught red-handed alongside his friends impersonating me on his OSY website (to which his hosting provider removed large portions of his website for, lol, & his ISP nailed him for email harassing me, as well as making threats to my family no less, which got law enforcement involved in Canada (& Reimer stopped right there, lol)).

So much for your "edited" arstechnica posts that are not even myself (they like to impersonate others, because that's ALL they have)...

Anyhow - Here we go now, ready (as to your errors here):

"Google failed to find any offical mention of your work with Russinovich" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

GOOGLE didn't fail, YOU DID (as usual, per this reply AND the list of your screwups here I enumerate below in this exchange)...

See this -> http://www.pcmech.com/article/defragging-the-windows-page-file/ (& the comment by "SuperFluid" there)

YOU can't even GOOGLE something right, lol...

LOL, trouble is, you're showing yourself to be nothing more than a "I can't do anything w/out GOOGLE" type online... and, you say you're a programmer? PROVE IT (how do you like it? That's the kind of crap you've been saying to me & I provide proof below... lol, you do not & have NOTHING LIKE THE LISTS I PROVIDE BELOW, to your credit)

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"I've emailed Mr. Russinovich to figure out what work that you've done with him" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

For Sunbelt Software (I'll save you the time there) to whom we contracted out wares we had written, thru LC (& also MANY years later, in 2003, when I fixed up his pagedefrag program, instructing him where it was hardcoded and how/why it could adversely affect the operations of his application if people moved their pagefile.sys location (which is doable on both accounts) to another disk (he had them hardcoded to C: drive only, & it made his program fail - he emailed me back thanking me in fact).

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"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=

"Google failed to find any offical mention of your work with Russinovich" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

GOOGLE didn't fail, YOU DID (as usual, per this reply AND the list of your screwups here I enumerate below in this exchange)...

See this -> http://www.pcmech.com/article/defragging-the-windows-page-file/ (& the comment by "SuperFluid" there)

YOU can't even GOOGLE something right, lol...

LOL, trouble is, you're showing yourself to be nothing more than a "I can't do anything w/out GOOGLE" type online... and, you say you're a programmer? PROVE IT (how do you like it? That's the kind of crap you've been saying to me & I provide proof below... lol, you do not & have NOTHING LIKE THE LISTS I PROVIDE BELOW, to your credit)

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"I've emailed Mr. Russinovich to figure out what work that you've done with him" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

For Sunbelt Software (I'll save you the time there) to whom we contracted out wares we had written, thru LC (& also MANY years later, in 2003, when I fixed up his pagedefrag program, instructing him where it was hardcoded and how/why it could adversely affect the operations of his application if people moved their pagefile.sys location (which is doable on both accounts) to another disk (he had them hardcoded to C: drive only, & it made his program fail - he emailed me back thanking me in fact).

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"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, as noted above? On many websites, it is in their top 1-5 most viewed usually, or "5/5 star rated" many times, would you like a list of those also?? Heh, sad really, all those years you claim to have been on a PC & yet accomplished nothing on your end apparently. I.E.-> My guide alone thus is, by far, more than YOU have shown you have ever done over 22++ yrs. on these machines on your part, for comparison's sake!)

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"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#2

"Google failed to find any offical mention of your work with Russinovich" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

GOOGLE didn't fail, YOU DID (as usual, per this reply AND the list of your screwups here I enumerate below in this exchange)...

See this -> http://www.pcmech.com/article/defragging-the-windows-page-file/ (& the comment by "SuperFluid" there)

YOU can't even GOOGLE something right, lol...

LOL, trouble is, you're showing yourself to be nothing more than a "I can't do anything w/out GOOGLE" type online... and, you say you're a programmer? PROVE IT (how do you like it? That's the kind of crap you've been saying to me & I provide proof below... lol, you do not & have NOTHING LIKE THE LISTS I PROVIDE BELOW, to your credit)

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"I've emailed Mr. Russinovich to figure out what work that you've done with him" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

For Sunbelt Software (I'll save you the time there) to whom we contracted out wares we had written, thru LC (& also MANY years later, in 2003, when I fixed up his pagedefrag program, instructing him where it was hardcoded and how/why it could adversely affect the operations of his application if people moved their pagefile.sys location (which is doable on both accounts) to another disk (he had them hardcoded to C: drive only, & it made his program fail - he emailed me back thanking me in fact).

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"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, as noted above? On many websites, it is in their top 1-5 most viewed usually, or "5/5 star rated" many times, would you like a list of those also?? Heh, sad really, all those years you claim to have been on a PC & yet accomplished nothing on your end apparently. I.E.-> My guide alone thus is, by far, more than YOU have shown you have ever done over 22++ yrs. on these machines on your part, for comparison's sake!)

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"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#2

"Google failed to find any offical mention of your work with Russinovich" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

GOOGLE didn't fail, YOU DID (as usual, per this reply AND the list of your screwups here I enumerate below in this exchange)...

See this -> http://www.pcmech.com/article/defragging-the-windows-page-file/ (& the comment by "SuperFluid" there)

YOU can't even GOOGLE something right, lol...

LOL, trouble is, you're showing yourself to be nothing more than a "I can't do anything w/out GOOGLE" type online... and, you say you're a programmer? PROVE IT (how do you like it? That's the kind of crap you've been saying to me & I provide proof below... lol, you do not & have NOTHING LIKE THE LISTS I PROVIDE BELOW, to your credit)

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"I've emailed Mr. Russinovich to figure out what work that you've done with him" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

For Sunbelt Software (I'll save you the time there) to whom we contracted out wares we had written, thru LC (& also MANY years later, in 2003, when I fixed up his pagedefrag program, instructing him where it was hardcoded and how/why it could adversely affect the operations of his application if people moved their pagefile.sys location (which is doable on both accounts) to another disk (he had them hardcoded to C: drive only, & it made his program fail - he emailed me back thanking me in fact).

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"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, as noted above? On many websites, it is in their top 1-5 most viewed usually, or "5/5 star rated" many times, would you like a list of those also?? Heh, sad really, all those years you claim to have been on a PC & yet accomplished nothing on your end apparently. I.E.-> My guide alone thus is, by far, more than YOU have shown you have ever done over 22++ yrs. on these machines on your part, for comparison's sake!)

---

"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#2

Arstechnica people like Jeremy Reimer impersonated me on their forums & that was shown @ Windows IT Pro forums (url below) as well as his friends impersonating others & admitting to it on Reimer's own forums (lol, what a bunch of losers), & proof of that is below (anything over @ arstechnica is the same, b.s. impersonations many times of myself):

"Google failed to find any offical mention of your work with Russinovich" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

GOOGLE didn't fail, YOU DID (as usual, per this reply AND the list of your screwups here I enumerate below in this exchange)...

See this -> http://www.pcmech.com/article/defragging-the-windows-page-file/ (& the comment by "SuperFluid" there)

YOU can't even GOOGLE something right, lol...

LOL, trouble is, you're showing yourself to be nothing more than a "I can't do anything w/out GOOGLE" type online... and, you say you're a programmer? PROVE IT (how do you like it? That's the kind of crap you've been saying to me & I provide proof below... lol, you do not & have NOTHING LIKE THE LISTS I PROVIDE BELOW, to your credit)

----

"I've emailed Mr. Russinovich to figure out what work that you've done with him" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

For Sunbelt Software (I'll save you the time there) to whom we contracted out wares we had written, thru LC (& also MANY years later, in 2003, when I fixed up his pagedefrag program, instructing him where it was hardcoded and how/why it could adversely affect the operations of his application if people moved their pagefile.sys location (which is doable on both accounts) to another disk (he had them hardcoded to C: drive only, & it made his program fail - he emailed me back thanking me in fact).

----

"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, as noted above? On many websites, it is in their top 1-5 most viewed usually, or "5/5 star rated" many times, would you like a list of those also?? Heh, sad really, all those years you claim to have been o

"Google failed to find any offical mention of your work with Russinovich" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

GOOGLE didn't fail, YOU DID (as usual, per this reply AND the list of your screwups here I enumerate below in this exchange)...

See this -> http://www.pcmech.com/article/defragging-the-windows-page-file/ (& the comment by "SuperFluid" there)

YOU can't even GOOGLE something right, lol...

LOL, trouble is, you're showing yourself to be nothing more than a "I can't do anything w/out GOOGLE" type online... and, you say you're a programmer? PROVE IT (how do you like it? That's the kind of crap you've been saying to me & I provide proof below... lol, you do not & have NOTHING LIKE THE LISTS I PROVIDE BELOW, to your credit)

----

"I've emailed Mr. Russinovich to figure out what work that you've done with him" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

For Sunbelt Software (I'll save you the time there) to whom we contracted out wares we had written, thru LC (& also MANY years later, in 2003, when I fixed up his pagedefrag program, instructing him where it was hardcoded and how/why it could adversely affect the operations of his application if people moved their pagefile.sys location (which is doable on both accounts) to another disk (he had them hardcoded to C: drive only, & it made his program fail - he emailed me back thanking me in fact).

----

"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, as noted above? On many websites, it is in their top 1-5 most viewed usually, or "5/5 star rated" many times, would you like a list of those also?? Heh, sad really, all those years you claim to have been on a PC & yet accomplished nothing on your end apparently. I.E.-> My guide alone thus is, by far, more than YOU have shown you have ever done over 22++ yrs. on these machines on your part, for comparison's sake!)

---

"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#2

"Google failed to find any offical mention of your work with Russinovich" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

GOOGLE didn't fail, YOU DID (as usual, per this reply AND the list of your screwups here I enumerate below in this exchange)...

See this -> http://www.pcmech.com/article/defragging-the-windows-page-file/ (& the comment by "SuperFluid" there)

YOU can't even GOOGLE something right, lol...

LOL, trouble is, you're showing yourself to be nothing more than a "I can't do anything w/out GOOGLE" type online... and, you say you're a programmer? PROVE IT (how do you like it? That's the kind of crap you've been saying to me & I provide proof below... lol, you do not & have NOTHING LIKE THE LISTS I PROVIDE BELOW, to your credit)

----

"I've emailed Mr. Russinovich to figure out what work that you've done with him" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

For Sunbelt Software (I'll save you the time there) to whom we contracted out wares we had written, thru LC (& also MANY years later, in 2003, when I fixed up his pagedefrag program, instructing him where it was hardcoded and how/why it could adversely affect the operations of his application if people moved their pagefile.sys location (which is doable on both accounts) to another disk (he had them hardcoded to C: drive only, & it made his program fail - he emailed me back thanking me in fact).

----

"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, as noted above? On many websites, it is in their top 1-5 most viewed usually, or "5/5 star rated" many times, would you like a list of those also?? Heh, sad really, all those years you claim to have been on a PC & yet accomplished nothing on your end apparently. I.E.-> My guide alone thus is, by far, more than YOU have shown you have ever done over 22++ yrs. on these machines on your part, for comparison's sake!)

---

"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#2

"Google failed to find any offical mention of your work with Russinovich" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

GOOGLE didn't fail, YOU DID (as usual, per this reply AND the list of your screwups here I enumerate below in this exchange)...

See this -> http://www.pcmech.com/article/defragging-the-windows-page-file/ (& the comment by "SuperFluid" there)

YOU can't even GOOGLE something right, lol...

LOL, trouble is, you're showing yourself to be nothing more than a "I can't do anything w/out GOOGLE" type online... and, you say you're a programmer? PROVE IT (how do you like it? That's the kind of crap you've been saying to me & I provide proof below... lol, you do not & have NOTHING LIKE THE LISTS I PROVIDE BELOW, to your credit)

----

"I've emailed Mr. Russinovich to figure out what work that you've done with him" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

For Sunbelt Software (I'll save you the time there) to whom we contracted out wares we had written, thru LC (& also MANY years later, in 2003, when I fixed up his pagedefrag program, instructing him where it was hardcoded and how/why it could adversely affect the operations of his application if people moved their pagefile.sys location (which is doable on both accounts) to another disk (he had them hardcoded to C: drive only, & it made his program fail - he emailed me back thanking me in fact).

----

"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, as noted above? On many websites, it is in their top 1-5 most viewed usually, or "5/5 star rated" many times, would you like a list of those also?? Heh, sad really, all those years you claim to have been on a PC & yet accomplished nothing on your end apparently. I.E.-> My guide alone thus is, by far, more than YOU have shown you have ever done over 22++ yrs. on these machines on your part, for comparison's sake!)

---

"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#2

"Google failed to find any offical mention of your work with Russinovich" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

GOOGLE didn't fail, YOU DID (as usual, per this reply AND the list of your screwups here I enumerate below in this exchange)...

See this -> http://www.pcmech.com/article/defragging-the-windows-page-file/ (& the comment by "SuperFluid" there)

YOU can't even GOOGLE something right, lol...

LOL, trouble is, you're showing yourself to be nothing more than a "I can't do anything w/out GOOGLE" type online... and, you say you're a programmer? PROVE IT (how do you like it? That's the kind of crap you've been saying to me & I provide proof below... lol, you do not & have NOTHING LIKE THE LISTS I PROVIDE BELOW, to your credit)

----

"I've emailed Mr. Russinovich to figure out what work that you've done with him" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @10:57PM (#27825779)

For Sunbelt Software (I'll save you the time there) to whom we contracted out wares we had written, thru LC (& also MANY years later, in 2003, when I fixed up his pagedefrag program, instructing him where it was hardcoded and how/why it could adversely affect the operations of his application if people moved their pagefile.sys location (which is doable on both accounts) to another disk (he had them hardcoded to C: drive only, & it made his program fail - he emailed me back thanking me in fact).

----

"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, as noted above? On many websites, it is in their top 1-5 most viewed usually, or "5/5 star rated" many times, would you like a list of those also?? Heh, sad really, all those years you claim to have been on a PC & yet accomplished nothing on your end apparently. I.E.-> My guide alone thus is, by far, more than YOU have shown you have ever done over 22++ yrs. on these machines on your part, for comparison's sake!)

---

"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#2

"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, as noted above? On many websites, it is in their top 1-5 most viewed usually, or "5/5 star rated" many times, would you like a list of those also?? Heh, sad really, all those years you claim to have been on a PC & yet accomplished nothing on your end apparently. I.E.-> My guide alone thus is, by far, more than YOU have shown you have ever done over 22++ yrs. on these machines on your part, for comparison's sake!)

---

"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#27811101)

See the list below, contact the magazines, publishing houses, or software companies involved @ your discretion, if you wish... professional technically means getting PAID to do a job, right? That's there below...

AND

I've answered ALL of your questions (the ones that matter, & I did so, w/ out writing out a book to do so), here -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27806379

----

HOWEVER - You by way of comparison, show you clearly are not, & screwed up on several points throughout this exchange, shown by your erroneous points I quoted no less in my replies, such as:

1.) HOSTS files -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27803005
2.) DNS Servers -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27798027
3.) Logon scripts & Group Policies usage -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27800951
4.) SeLinux being implemented via kernel hooking/kernel patching -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27806379
5.) Services patching &/or cutoffs for security -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095

Arstechnica's been proven to impersonate me before, & they have done so again is all (see the windows it pro memory optimization hoax article URL I posted below for proof of that much):

"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, as noted above? On many websites, it is in their top 1-5 most viewed usually, or "5/5 star rated" many times, would you like a list of those also?? Heh, sad really, all those years you claim to have been on a PC & yet accomplished nothing on your end apparently. I.E.-> My guide alone thus is, by far, more than YOU have shown you have ever done over 22++ yrs. on these machines on your part, for comparison's sake!)

---

"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#27811101)

See the list below, contact the magazines, publishing houses, or software companies involved @ your discretion, if you wish... professional technically means getting PAID to do a job, right? That's there below...

AND

I've answered ALL of your questions (the ones that matter, & I did so, w/ out writing out a book to do so), here -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27806379

----

HOWEVER - You by way of comparison, show you clearly are not, & screwed up on several points throughout this exchange, shown by your erroneous points I quoted no less in my replies, such as:

1.) HOSTS files -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27803005
2.) DNS Servers -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27798027
3.) Logon scripts & Group Policies usage -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27800951
4.) SeLinux being implemented via kernel hooking/kernel patching -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&

"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, as noted above? On many websites, it is in their top 1-5 most viewed usually, or "5/5 star rated" many times, would you like a list of those also?? Heh, sad really, all those years you claim to have been on a PC & yet accomplished nothing on your end apparently. I.E.-> My guide alone thus is, by far, more than YOU have shown you have ever done over 22++ yrs. on these machines on your part, for comparison's sake!)

---

"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#27811101)

See the list below, contact the magazines, publishing houses, or software companies involved @ your discretion, if you wish... professional technically means getting PAID to do a job, right? That's there below...

AND

I've answered ALL of your questions (the ones that matter, & I did so, w/ out writing out a book to do so), here -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27806379

----

HOWEVER - You by way of comparison, show you clearly are not, & screwed up on several points throughout this exchange, shown by your erroneous points I quoted no less in my replies, such as:

1.) HOSTS files -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27803005
2.) DNS Servers -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27798027
3.) Logon scripts & Group Policies usage -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27800951
4.) SeLinux being implemented via kernel hooking/kernel patching -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27806379
5.) Services patching &/or cutoffs for security -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095

"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

I don't believe they do that, & I can't get that EVERY place I imagine though I'd like to!

(However, my guide IS rated "5/5 stars" there, AND is in the top 2 most viewed of all time @ that website within the forums section it is featured on)...

NOW, for what You're asking for now? Well, it has done so in becoming an "Essential Guide", & on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, as noted above? On many websites, it is in their top 1-5 most viewed usually, or "5/5 star rated" many times, would you like a list of those also?? Heh, sad really, all those years you claim to have been on a PC & yet accomplished nothing on your end apparently. I.E.-> My guide alone thus is, by far, more than YOU have shown you have ever done over 22++ yrs. on these machines on your part, for comparison's sake!)

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"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#27811101)

See the list below, contact the magazines, publishing houses, or software companies involved @ your discretion, if you wish... professional technically means getting PAID to do a job, right? That's there below...

AND

I've answered ALL of your questions (the ones that matter, & I did so, w/ out writing out a book to do so), here -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27806379

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HOWEVER - You by way of comparison, show you clearly are not, & screwed up on several points throughout this exchange, shown by your erroneous points I quoted no less in my replies, such as:

1.) HOSTS files -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27803005
2.) DNS Servers -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27798027
3.) Logon scripts & Group Policies usage -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27800951
4.) SeLinux being implemented via kernel hooking/kernel patching -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27806379
5.) Services patching &/or cutoffs for security -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095

"How do I know that you are who you say you are?" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @03:16AM (#27813099)

LOL, ask Jeremy Reimer, he is from your fav. site there, arstechnica (they KNOW who I am, much to their own dismay here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html )

&

"Also, show me a copy of your conversations with law enforcement. If you tell me that you don't have any, I know that you are a liar." - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @03:18AM (#27813101)

All you need is @ the URL from Windows IT Pro (including discussions from email w/ the police + Reimer's ISP/BSP) & as far as your question from w/ in this exchange to myself of "Are you Dr. Russinovich"?

NO, I never said I was - We'd both done paid work for a couple of the same companies @ the same time in the mid to late 1990's in this field & that how I know he, in addition to my helping him find AND FIX problems in his applications (never the reverse though), but I am not he, I am myself. One would think you'd realize that.

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"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

Can't get that EVERY place, but, I have on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, on many others, it is in their most viewed, or "essential guides" sections... which is by far, more than YOU have shown you have done, for comparison's sake!)

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"It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

LOL, Arstechnica: The "private playpen" of Jeremy Reimer (the no degree in computer sciences, no certifications in computer sciences, & no years to decades of actual hands-on PROFESSIONAL experience in the trenches in this art & science)?

No thank you.

(I wouldn't associate myself w/ they by ANY means - they were caught impersonating myself on their forums, caught email harassing myself by their ISP's, & had law enforcement summoned upon them for it no less, and lastly they were caught impersonating others (via posting as them & admitting to it no less after being caught doing so @ Windows IT Pro magazine forums, no less, publicly to their humiliation worldwide))

See here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html

In regards to Arstechnica

"How do I know that you are who you say you are?" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @03:16AM (#27813099)

LOL, ask Jeremy Reimer, he is from your fav. site there, arstechnica (they KNOW who I am, much to their own dismay here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html )

&

"Also, show me a copy of your conversations with law enforcement. If you tell me that you don't have any, I know that you are a liar." - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @03:18AM (#27813101)

All you need is @ the URL from Windows IT Pro (including discussions from email w/ the police + Reimer's ISP/BSP) & as far as your question from w/ in this exchange to myself of "Are you Dr. Russinovich"?

NO, I never said I was - We'd both done paid work for a couple of the same companies @ the same time in the mid to late 1990's in this field & that how I know he, in addition to helping him find AND FIX problems in his applications, but I am not he, I am myself. One would think you'd realize that.

----

"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

Can't get that EVERY place, but, I have on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, on many others, it is in their most viewed, or "essential guides" sections... which is by far, more than YOU have shown you have done, for comparison's sake!)

---

"It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

LOL, Arstechnica: The "private playpen" of Jeremy Reimer (the no degree in computer sciences, no certifications in computer sciences, & no years to decades of actual hands-on PROFESSIONAL experience in the trenches in this art & science)?

No thank you.

(I wouldn't associate myself w/ they by ANY means - they were caught impersonating myself on their forums, caught email harassing myself by their ISP's, & had law enforcement summoned upon them for it no less, and lastly they were caught impersonating others (via posting as them & admitting to it no less after being caught doing so @ Windows IT Pro magazine forums, no less, publicly to their humiliation worldwide))

See here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html

In regards to Arstechnica & Jeremy Reimer the blatan

"How do I know that you are who you say you are?" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @03:16AM (#27813099)

LOL, ask Jeremy Reimer, he is from your fav. site there, arstechnica (they KNOW who I am, much to their own dismay here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html )

&

"Also, show me a copy of your conversations with law enforcement. If you tell me that you don't have any, I know that you are a liar." - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @03:18AM (#27813101)

All you need is @ the URL from Windows IT Pro (including discussions from email w/ the police + Reimer's ISP/BSP) & as far as your question from w/ in this exchange to myself of "Are you Dr. Russinovich"?

NO, I never said I was - We'd both done paid work for a couple of the same companies @ the same time in the mid to late 1990's in this field & that how I know he, in addition to helping him find AND FIX problems in his applications, but I am not he, I am myself. One would think you'd realize that.

----

"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

Can't get that EVERY place, but, I have on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, on many others, it is in their most viewed, or "essential guides" sections... which is by far, more than YOU have shown you have done, for comparison's sake!)

---

"It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

LOL, Arstechnica: The "private playpen" of Jeremy Reimer (the no degree in computer sciences, no certifications in computer sciences, & no years to decades of actual hands-on PROFESSIONAL experience in the trenches in this art & science)?

No thank you.

(I wouldn't associate myself w/ they by ANY means - they were caught impersonating myself on their forums, caught email harassing myself by their ISP's, & had law enforcement summoned upon them for it no less, and lastly they were caught impersonating others (via posting as them & admitting to it no less after being caught doing so @ Windows IT Pro magazine forums, no less, publicly to their humiliation worldwide))

See here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html

In regards to Arstechnica & Jeremy Reimer the blatan

"How do I know that you are who you say you are?" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @03:16AM (#27813099)

LOL, ask Jeremy Reimer, he is from your fav. site there, arstechnica (they KNOW who I am, much to their own dismay here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html )

&

"Also, show me a copy of your conversations with law enforcement. If you tell me that you don't have any, I know that you are a liar." - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @03:18AM (#27813101)

All you need is @ the URL from Windows IT Pro (including discussions from email w/ the police + Reimer's ISP/BSP)

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"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

Can't get that EVERY place, but, I have on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, on many others, it is in their most viewed, or "essential guides" sections...)

---

"It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

LOL, Arstechnica: The "private playpen" of Jeremy Reimer, the no degree in computer sciences, no certifications in computer sciences, & no years to decades of actual hands-on PROFESSIONAL experience in the trenches in this art & science?

No thank you.

(I wouldn't associate myself w/ they by ANY means - they were caught impersonating myself on their forums, caught email harassing myself by their ISP's, & had law enforcement summoned upon them for it no less, and lastly they were caught impersonating others (via posting as them & admitting to it no less after being caught doing so @ Windows IT Pro magazine forums, no less, publicly to their humiliation worldwide))

See here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html

In regards to Arstechnica & Jeremy Reimer the blatant FAKE.

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"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#27811101)

I've answered ALL of your questions (the ones that matter, & I did so, w/ out writing out a book to do so), here -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27806379

HOWEVER - You by way of compa

"How do I know that you are who you say you are?" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @03:16AM (#27813099)

LOL, ask Jeremy Reimer, he is from your fav. site there, arstechnica (they KNOW who I am, much to their own dismay here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html )

&

"Also, show me a copy of your conversations with law enforcement. If you tell me that you don't have any, I know that you are a liar." - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @03:18AM (#27813101)

All you need is @ the URL from Windows IT Pro (including discussions from email w/ the police + Reimer's ISP/BSP)

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"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

Can't get that EVERY place, but, I have on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, on many others, it is in their most viewed, or "essential guides" sections...)

---

"It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

LOL, Arstechnica: The "private playpen" of Jeremy Reimer, the no degree in computer sciences, no certifications in computer sciences, & no years to decades of actual hands-on experience in the trenches in this art & science?

No thank you.

(I wouldn't associate myself w/ they by ANY means - they were caught impersonating myself on their forums, caught email harassing myself by their ISP's, & had law enforcement summoned upon them for it no less, and lastly they were caught impersonating others (via posting as them & admitting to it no less after being caught doing so @ Windows IT Pro magazine forums, no less, publicly to their humiliation worldwide))

See here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html

In regards to Arstechnica & Jeremy Reimer the blatant FAKE.

----

"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#27811101)

I've answered ALL of your questions (the ones that matter, & I did so, w/ out writing out a book to do so), here -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27806379

HOWEVER - You by way of comparison, screwe

"How do I know that you are who you say you are?" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @03:16AM (#27813099)

LOL, ask Jeremy Reimer, he is from your fav. site there, arstechnica (they KNOW who I am, much to their own dismay here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html )

&

"Also, show me a copy of your conversations with law enforcement. If you tell me that you don't have any, I know that you are a liar." - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @03:18AM (#27813101)

All you need is @ the URL from Windows IT Pro (including discussions from email w/ the police + Reimer's ISP/BSP)

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"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

Can't get that EVERY place, but, I have on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, on many others, it is in their most viewed, or "essential guides" sections...)

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"It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

LOL, Arstechnica: The "private playpen" of Jeremy Reimer, the no degree in computer sciences, no certifications in computer sciences, & no years to decades of actual hands-on experience in the trenches in this art & science?

No thank you.

(I wouldn't associate myself w/ they by ANY means - they were caught impersonating myself on their forums, caught email harassing myself by their ISP's, & had law enforcement summoned upon them for it no less, and lastly they were caught impersonating others (via posting as them & admitting to it no less after being caught doing so @ Windows IT Pro magazine forums, no less, publicly to their humiliation worldwide))

See here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html

In regards to Arstechnica & Jeremy Reimer the blatant FAKE.

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"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#27811101)

I've answered ALL of your questions (the ones that matter, & I did so, w/ out writing out a book to do so), here -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27806379

HOWEVER - You by way of comparison, screwe

"You're thread's not stickied on xtremepccentral, btw. Why is that? It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

Can't get that EVERY place, but, I have on these websites:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ab63b5c5b7b51bde1ed34c6db909d3a7&act=SF&f=87&st=0&changefilters=1
http://forum.soft32.com/windows/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=26&start=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=c90357a670c55c225331de7ca6e1d8a2&f=27&page=1&pp=25&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.tweaktown.com/f34/?pp=20&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?s=abcd398e654a2bb1de0042564186ceeb&showforum=135

(AND, on many others, it is in their most viewed, or "essential guides" sections...)

---

"It's not stickied over on Ars, either. Why is that? :)" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Monday May 04, @02:18AM (#27812855)

LOL, Arstechnica: The "private playpen" of Jeremy Reimer, the no degree in computer sciences, no certifications in computer sciences, & no years to decades of actual hands-on experience in the trenches in this art & science?

No thank you.

(I wouldn't associate myself w/ they by ANY means - they were caught impersonating myself on their forums, caught email harassing myself by their ISP's, & had law enforcement summoned upon them for it no less, and lastly they were caught impersonating others (via posting as them & admitting to it no less after being caught doing so @ Windows IT Pro magazine forums, no less, publicly to their humiliation worldwide))

See here -> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/41095/the-memory-optimization-hoax.html

In regards to Arstechnica & Jeremy Reimer the blatant FAKE.

----

"You claim that you're a professional. Prove it" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @08:52PM (#27811101)

I've answered ALL of your questions (the ones that matter, & I did so, w/ out writing out a book to do so), here -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27806379

HOWEVER - You by way of comparison, screwed up on several points throughout this exchange, shown by your erroneous points I quoted no less in my replies, such as:

1.) HOSTS files -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27803005
2.) DNS Servers -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27798027
3.) Logon scripts & Group Policies usage -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27800951
4.) SeLinux being implemented via kernel hooking/kernel patching -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095

"Wait, what? Where have you proven anything?" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @02:17AM (#27803987)

I have proven that you cannot stay on topic for 1 thing @ this point... lol!

(AND, that you made a TON of technical errors (2 of which you admitted to, others you tried to 'amend your statements' for, which fools NOBODY, lol) & more - like you are "on the ropes" on each point you attacked me on, & now have to go "off topic" about... lmao!)

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"I've seen a lot of absolute trash declared "essential" and stickied on many, many forums." - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @02:17AM (#27803987)

My guide, @ nearly 40,000 views on this site alone:

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, & even VISTA, + make it 'fun-to-do', via CIS Tool Guidance (&, beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=6d4dad3766bad13b4da1d8b4ee539d09&showtopic=2662

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Isn't one of them.

(Here in this exchange, to that effect - Hey, I've even pasted a user's testimony to that effect from numerous systems from friends, family, & paying clients even liking its results, for going on 2++ yrs. by now, w/ NO infestations/infections, whatsoever... not bad eh? IT WORKS - 1 to 2 hrs. of your time, for what is on a decade for myself experiencing the same!)

I.E.-> AND, How can something that helps you get up to a 99.058/100 score on the multiplatform CIS Tool, AND go beyond it even to help secure a system be? Especially coming up from BOTH the Linux AND Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 series of this OS defaulting @ 46/100 initially?

(That's the QUANTIFIABLE IMPROVEMENT anyone can use & see no less there that is possible!)

LOL - in the end?

Yes, You've seen what you've "conveniently" seen, but strangely as-per-usual, also post NO proofs of...

Hey- You've proven yourself no 'authority' in this field, nor even recognized in publication for anything around it (I have though @ least 10x)... who are you to judge anything really, above all else?

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"What happens when your security guide is out of date? " - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Sunday May 03, @02:17AM (#27803987)

It doesn't really: It's very specific to an OS family & what members fall under its wing: Windows NT-based OS'...

AND?

It's very generic/by principals, that extend to various applications even, & future OS' (just ways of doing things that help, use patterns & settings et al).

(PLUS, I can edit the places where it's on mostly still (some not, but most I can).

APK

P.S.=> Anyone can read from HERE on down -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1219095&cid=27792899 and see my quotes of YOUR replies & their errors I correct repeatedly throughout this exchange, as proof of your screwups, & in each of my posts - lol, and you now 'scrambling' to go offtopic and failing to disprove points I disproved yours with all thru this exchange: "TOO Easy"... apk

"Yes, I have. I've been using computers since the Tandy 1000 TL. That one was produced in... 1986, 1987 or so." - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Saturday May 02, @05:43PM (#27801111)

And, evidently NOT doing much with them either... &, you surely showed your behind about ACL's in NT-based OS in your other replies too (you messed up hugely, lol, give up already).

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"Point me to a place in any of your forum postings where you say the equivalent of "See here for a hosts file that is not out of date." - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Saturday May 02, @05:43PM (#27801111)

Boy, you either have not read it, or are dyslexic... see here ->

As I said before?

My HOSTS file's updated from sources like:

Stopbadware.org
SRI
SpyBot "S&D"
Dancho Danchev ZDNet Blog
PLUS - Other reputable HOSTS file shown on WIKIPEDIA's entry for HOSTS files

AND, in my posts here I said that Folks can email me for a current one, & many do -> http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=8b87fa331607ccbe8078215f389936c2&showtopic=2662&st=0&start=0

(See post #6 there, dyslexic blind man)

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"You and I have already talked about your accomplishments" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Saturday May 02, @05:43PM (#27801111)

Yes, & you have NOTHING like them (lol, so much for your WASTING TIME on PC's, all these years), see below... again!

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"You've demonstrated none of the knowledge that you claim to have." - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Saturday May 02, @05:43PM (#27801111)

Funny, these say otherwise (&, they carry a lot more "weight" than your mere unqualified opinion):

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Windows NT Magazine (now Windows IT Pro) April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" issue, page 61

(&, for work done for EEC Systems/SuperSpeed.com on PAID CONTRACT (writing portions of their SuperCache program increasing its performance by up to 40% via my work) albeit, for their SuperDisk & HOW TO APPLY IT, took them to a finalist position @ MS Tech Ed, two years in a row).

WINDOWS MAGAZINE, 1997, "Top Freeware & Shareware of the Year" issue page 210, #1/first entry in fact (my work is there)

PC-WELT FEB 1998 - page 84, again, my work is featured there

WINDOWS MAGAZINE, WINTER 1998 - page 92, insert section, MUST HAVE WARES, my work is again, there

PC-WELT FEB 1999 - page 83, again, my work is featured there

CHIP Magazine 7/99 - page 100, my work is there

GERMAN PC BOOK, Data Becker publisher "PC Aufrusten und Repairen" 2000, where my work is contained in it

HOT SHAREWARE Numero 46 issue, pg. 54 (PC ware mag from Spain), 2001 my work is there, first one featured, yet again!

Also, a British PC Mag in 2002 for many utilities I wrote, saw it @ BORDERS BOOKS but didn't buy it... by that point, I had moved onto other areas in this field besides coding only...

Lastly, being paid for an article that made me money over @ PCPitstop in 2008 for writing up a guide that has people showing NO VIRUSES/SPYWARES & other screwups, via following its point, such as THRONKA sees here -> http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=ee926d913b81bf6d63c3c7372fd2a24c&t=28430&page=3

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"Nuff said", except for the quote from Shelley's poem & the film, "The Watchmen", below... lol!

P.S.=> "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" ... apk

"Please explain to me why I've been running a stock (fully patched) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise installation for three years straight, have never reinstalled the OS, and have not experienced any of the dreaded "Windows is Getting Too Old" speed decreases?" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Friday May 01, @08:50PM (#27794633)

This isn't about speed really, it's about securing a system by the guidelines set in CIS Tool (a security compliance audit basically, based on "industry best practices") -> http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=f782d2c005c8e9d388e21ba0d2671695&showtopic=2662 (although you will notice more online IF you apply certain points from it, mainly, a custom HOSTS file)...

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"No fancy guide is required to get this performance. It's attainable out of the box" - by ion.simon.c (1183967) on Friday May 01, @08:50PM (#27794633)

Once more? It's NOT about speed (though you WILL see more online, if you follow all/each of its points)...

APK

"My guess would be" - by Keruo (771880) on Friday May 01, @02:22PM (#27790545)

Something along the lines of this:

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, & even VISTA, + make it 'fun-to-do', via CIS Tool Guidance (&, beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=205e8f8ebee94af1add5ec477faf8a70&showtopic=2662 [tcmagazine.com]

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It's doable, w/ about 1-2 hours, TOPS, of your time, in order to "security-harden" a Windows NT-based OS of modern variety, yourself... that's how/why!

A QUOTE FROM THE ARTICLE THAT I KNOW IS NOT TRUE:

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"The only problem is, you have to join the Air Force to get it."

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SO - How do I know, besides my actually SEEING the results I have seen for myself, paying clients, friends & family?

Well, here is a quote from an end-user that applied that guide above in the 1st url I posted, as evidence thereof:

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http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=7de5812b7341873cc5e6ee9582f21bf9&t=28430&page=3 [xtremepccentral.com]

"Its 2009 - still trouble free! I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008. Great stuff! My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some leads. APK - I will say it again, the guide is FANTASTIC! Its made my PC experience much easier. Sandboxing was great. Getting my host file updated, setting services to system service, rather than system local. (except AVG updater, needed system local)"

THRONKA@xtremepccentral.com

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Where even "normal end-users" can get results, like that, by taking 1-2 hrs. of their time, TOPS, to apply some settings given to they by CIS Tool (a multiplatform gauge/benchmark of std. industry-based best practices for each OS platform tested)

"Nuff said"...

APK

P.S.=> Following the security hardening guidelines provided by NIST can do very nearly the same thing, so, I imagine a lot of that & what is in the security guide I authored up there in the 1st URL in 2007-2008 is what has been applied to it (vs. the easily mass-deployed stock/oem std. model of XP most folks get)... and?

THE MILITARY HAS GOTTEN 'SECURITY-HARDENED BUILDS' OF WINDOWS, before (circa 2004 in fact), see here:

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US military gets its own secure version of Windows:

23 November 2004

http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsid=2666 [techworld.com]

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& they have to, as you can all see, based on this report, yet again...

Makes sense though - because new exploits + vulnerabilities arise, & people LEARN HOW TO "GET AROUND" RESTRICTIONS, though, many times to their OWN dismay... apk

"Nothing can make Windows (or any other OS) completely secure if it's connected to a network" - by PapaSmurph (249554) on Friday May 01, @02:37PM (#27790805) Homepage

THE MILITARY HAS GOTTEN 'SECURITY-HARDENED BUILDS' OF WINDOWS, before (circa 2004 in fact), see here:

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23 November 2004

US military gets its own secure version of Windows

http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsid=2666

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& they have to, as you can all see, based on this report, yet again...

Makes sense though - because new exploits + vulnerabilities arise, & people LEARN HOW TO "GET AROUND" RESTRICTIONS, though, many times to their OWN dismay!

SO, that "all said & aside", & what I quoted from you? YES - I'm inclined to agree!

(Albeit only IF a person doesn't have a "Security-Hardened" & FULLY (current) service pack + hotfix applied system, & ONLY on 1 grounds:

That being People Themselves... (I.E.-> People "break/bend rules", ALL THE TIME, & when it gets them in a jam? Then, they call for help, & complain about Windows etc. et al))

E.G.-> I have a pal named Jack that followed this guide I wrote, & he went from having 200+ malware infestations a week, down to maybe 1-2 a year now. He knows what did he in as well! (He has a "penchant for Pr0n", & he also used javascript almost indiscrimately/unlimitedly (is there such a word in the latter? lol) on every website he visits (this he has cut way, Way, WAY down on, & in turn, so did his infections also))...

Still, I have evidences of folks that CAN "follow rules" (for their own good no less), & I provide THEIR results (1 of them) below, for "contrast & compare" type scenarios vs. my buddies' experience above... This guide below, really works (&, you don't have to be in the US Military to get it, you can do it, yourself):

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, & even VISTA, + make it 'fun-to-do', via CIS Tool Guidance (&, beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=205e8f8ebee94af1add5ec477faf8a70&showtopic=2662

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It's doable, w/ about 1-2 hours, TOPS, of your time, in order to "security-harden" a Windows NT-based OS of modern variety, yourself... that's how/why!

A QUOTE FROM THE ARTICLE THAT I KNOW IS NOT TRUE:

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"The only problem is, you have to join the Air Force to get it."

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How do I know, besides my actually SEEING the results I have seen for myself, paying clients, friends & family?

Well, here is a quote from an end-user that applied that guide above in the 1st url I posted, as evidence thereof:

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http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=7de5812b7341873cc5e6ee9582f21bf9&t=28430&page=3

"Its 2009 - still trouble free! I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008. Great stuff! My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some leads. APK - I will say it again, the guide is FANTASTIC! Its made my PC experience much easier. Sandboxing was great. Getting my ho

"If they can make it more secure, why don't they offer everyone the secure version?" - by slashkitty (21637) on Friday May 01, @02:30PM (#27790685) Homepage

You can do it, yourself, is why... &, here is how:

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, & even VISTA, + make it 'fun-to-do', via CIS Tool Guidance (&, beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=205e8f8ebee94af1add5ec477faf8a70&showtopic=2662

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It's doable, w/ about 1-2 hours, TOPS, of your time, in order to "security-harden" a Windows NT-based OS of modern variety, yourself... that's how/why!

A QUOTE FROM THE ARTICLE THAT I KNOW IS NOT TRUE:

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"The only problem is, you have to join the Air Force to get it."

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How do I know? Besides the results I have seen for myself, paying clients, friends & family? Well, here is a quote from an end-user that applied that guide above in the 1st url I posted, as evidence thereof:

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http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=7de5812b7341873cc5e6ee9582f21bf9&t=28430&page=3

"Its 2009 - still trouble free!

I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point.

So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008.

Great stuff!

My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some leads.

APK - I will say it again, the guide is FANTASTIC! Its made my PC experience much easier. Sandboxing was great. Getting my host file updated, setting services to system service, rather than system local. (except AVG updater, needed system local)"

THRONKA@xtremepccentral.com

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"Nuff said...", as the saying goes... for now, @ least!

APK

"Moving away from Windows is simply necessary judging by the kinds of attacks described" - by erroneus (253617) on Saturday April 18, @07:13PM (#27631191) Homepage

No, it's not, IF you know how to secure it, per a guide such as this one -> http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=ced36a7f152cf6e6f138af849a4fe3a7&showtopic=2662

Where people who have used it (end users-wise), have gotten results such as this one:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=17638f526de3f23590590f1643425f87&t=28430&page=3

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"Its 2009 - still trouble free!

I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008.

Great stuff!

My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some leads.

APK - I will say it again, the guide is FANTASTIC! Its made my PC experience much easier. Sandboxing was great. Getting my host file updated, setting services to system service, rather than system local. (except AVG updater, needed system local)"

THRONKA @ xtremepccentral.com

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And, as far as stability/uptime, AND SECURITY, in a corporate environs (and, in a high tpm example no less)?

Look no further than NASDAQ, here:

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NASDAQ Migrates to SQL Server 2005:

http://windowsfs.com/enews/nasdaq-migrates-to-sql-server-2005 [windowsfs.com] [windowsfs.com] [windowsfs.com]

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Where Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 does, and has done for YEARS now mind you, a great job of being the official disseminator of trade data @ NASDAQ, running into the "fabled 5-9's" of 99.999% uptime for years now, 24x7, via failover clustering... that was back in 2006 (possibly earlier, as that is only the date of the article)...

Best of ALL? Hey, it's Windows!

(Which means you probably already own & are familiar w/ Microsoft + Win32 applications on every level of use there is...)

APK

P.S.=> How secure an OS is, is dependent on the person(s) running the machine/network, & their diligence as well as "know-how"... this extends to ANY OS there is, period, and you ALL know it (despite the "Pro-*NIX" bias this website has bigtime)... additionally?

The ONLY reason Linux is not as victimized, is because it is less used. Now, make Linux take as much share of the market as Windows enjoys? Linux WILL be hit as hard, if not harder...

I.E.-> Today's malware makers are after your personal information and monies, after all, & they shoot @ the largest target there is - Windows!

I mean, hey - the very fact that webbrowsers on Linux can run Javascript alone indicates they are just as vulnerable, via the webbrowsers themselves, as is Windows...

(& please, don't try to tell us "*NIX is invulnerable", because this -> http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3157 clearly shows otherwise, & is only a "portent of things to come")... apk

"One thing which is absolutely clear; Windows should be ruled out" - by rtfa-troll (1340807) on Sunday April 19, @04:16AM (#27634457)

Not if you know how to secure & administer it, properly (this goes for ANY OS out there mind you), per a guide such as this one:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=7e43749a95b34ffdc7e782a0d5bedc58&showtopic=2662

Where users who have applied it have experienced results such as this one:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=17638f526de3f23590590f1643425f87&t=28430&page=3

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"Its 2009 - still trouble free!

I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009 No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008.

Great stuff!

My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some leads.

APK - I will say it again, the guide is FANTASTIC! Its made my PC experience much easier. Sandboxing was great. Getting my host file updated, setting services to system service, rather than system local. (except AVG updater, needed system local)"

THRONKA @ xtremepccentral.com

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And, as far as the stability AND SECURITY of a Windows machine, in a HIGH TRANSACTIONS-PER-MINUTE (TPM) ENVIRONS? Look no further than NASDAQ:

(Because, for stability? Windows has DEFINITELY "made it", & well (w/ proof thereof below) in that area, as well, per this evidence thereof)

Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 does, and has done for YEARS now mind you, a great job of being the official disseminator of trade data @ NASDAQ, running into the "fabled 5-9's" of 99.999% uptime for years now, 24x7, via failover clustering... that was back in 2006 (possibly earlier, as that is only the date of the article):

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NASDAQ Migrates to SQL Server 2005:

http://windowsfs.com/enews/nasdaq-migrates-to-sql-server-2005 [windowsfs.com] [windowsfs.com]

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Best of ALL? Hey, it's Windows!

(Which means you probably already own & are familiar w/ Microsoft + Win32 applications on every level of use there is...)

APK

P.S.=> The ONLY reason Linux is not as victimized, is because it is less used... make Linux take as much share of the market as Windows enjoys? Linux WILL be hit as hard, if not harder...

I.E.-> Today's malware makers are after your personal information and monies, after all, & they shoot @ the largest target there is - Windows!

I mean, hey - the very fact that webbrowsers on Linux can run Javascript alone indicates they are just as vulnerable, via the webbrowsers themselves, as is Windows...

(& please, don't try to tell us "*NIX is invulnerable", because this -> http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3157 clearly shows otherwise, & is only a "portent of things to come")... apk

See subject-line: It will do the job, securely (this often depends as much on the person(s) administrating the system &/or network around it, as much as staying current w/ systemcode security patches also), if one follows a guide for that (down to the workstation network node levels, from servers on down, to all endpoints) such as this one:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=041749be01ad8c44e0f3e7ae54129780&showtopic=2662 [tcmagazine.com]

Where Windows NT-based OS' were shown to score (up from the default of 46.xxx/100, which Linux systems score by default as well) 87-99.058/100 scores, @ both the server and workstation levels on the CIS Tool multiplatform security compliance system.

Also, for stability, Windows has "made it" in that area, as well, per this evidence thereof:

Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 does, and has done for YEARS now mind you, a great job of being the official disseminator of trade data @ NASDAQ, running into the "fabled 5-9's" of 99.999% uptime for years now, 24x7, via failover clustering... that was back in 2006 (possibly earlier, as that is only the date of the article):

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NASDAQ Migrates to SQL Server 2005:

http://windowsfs.com/enews/nasdaq-migrates-to-sql-server-2005 [windowsfs.com] [windowsfs.com]

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Best of ALL? Hey, it's Windows!

(Which means you probably already own & are familiar w/ Microsoft + Win32 applications on every level of use there is...)

APK

P.S.=> One thing I like about Windows, @ least up to Windows Server 2003 (which installs by default, as a 'workstation/pro' desktop model, to which you add "back-office" enterprise-class apps onto, only if needed, later?)

Well mainly is that ,b>"Windows" has come a LONG ways since Windows 3.0, which was my first version I tried!

(Once they went w/ the VMS underpinnings design of NT 3.x, I knew they had a winner (when I tried NT 3.51), & that ran pretty good on a 486 66mhz 32mb RAM machine)...

There are a couple things, mainly the HOSTS file in VISTA mostly I don't like (no longer being able to use the more efficient 0 based Blocking IP address in a HOSTS file, vs. the larger, slower, & more bloating on disk 0.0.0.0, & worse so, 127.0.0.1 on all accounts), so, that's why I am not going to include it as a recommendation here...

(Others might cite things like DRM, messing around w/ OpenGL, the 3 driver/3 level defense in the IP stack on filtering being another, vs. VISTA/Server2k8/Windows 7 using the SINGLE layer based WFP instead (one I think is VERY debatable in fact), & as well as things I am not even stating that I could not think of @ least, offhand)... apk

See subject-line: It will do the job, securely (this often depends as much on the person(s) administrating the system &/or network around it, as much as staying current w/ systemcode security patches also), if one follows a guide for that (down to the workstation network node levels, from servers on down, to all endpoints) such as this one:

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=041749be01ad8c44e0f3e7ae54129780&showtopic=2662

Where Windows NT-based OS' were shown to score (up from the default of 46.xxx/100, which Linux systems score by default as well) 87-99.058/100 scores, @ both the server and workstation levels on the CIS Tool multiplatform security compliance system.

Also, for stability, Windows has "made it" in that area, as well, per this evidence thereof:

Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 does, and has done for YEARS now mind you, a great job of being the official disseminator of trade data @ NASDAQ, running into the "fabled 5-9's" of 99.999% uptime for years now, 24x7, via failover clustering... that was back in 2006 (possibly earlier, as that is only the date of the article):

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NASDAQ Migrates to SQL Server 2005:

http://windowsfs.com/enews/nasdaq-migrates-to-sql-server-2005 [windowsfs.com]

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Best of ALL? Hey, it's Windows!

(Which means you probably already own & are familiar w/ Microsoft + Win32 applications on every level of use there is...)

APK

P.S.=> One thing I like about Windows, @ least up to Windows Server 2003 (which installs by default, as a 'workstation/pro' desktop model, to which you add "back-office" enterprise-class apps onto, only if needed, later?)

Well mainly is that "Windows" has come a LONG ways since Windows 3.0, which was my first version I tried!

(Once they went w/ the VMS underpinnings design of NT 3.x, I knew they had a winner, & that ran pretty good on a 486 66mhz 32mb RAM machine)...

There are a couple things, mainly something done to the HOSTS file in VISTA mostly I don't like (no longer being able to use the more efficient 0 based Blocking IP address in a HOSTS file, vs. the larger, slower, & more bloating on disk 0.0.0.0, & worse so, 127.0.0.1 on all accounts), so, that's why I am not going to include it as a recommendation here...

(Others might cite things like DRM, messing around w/ OpenGL, the 3 driver/3 level defense in the IP stack on filtering being another, vs. VISTA/Server2k8/Windows 7 using the SINGLE layer based WFP instead (one I think is VERY debatable in fact), & as well as things I am not even stating that I could not think of @ least, offhand)... apk

"1) Hard coding your favourites into your hosts file will save time on lookups, I've never debated that fact. What I've said is the time invested isn't worth it. You still refuse to address that other than saying its your time and you'll do with what you like. Fine... but others should be aware that in the long run it won't save them any time and could cost them time." - by Nos. (179609) on Wednesday April 15, @01:12AM (#27582533) Homepage

SO: Gee I wonder - Are YOU the kind of person who would've said that to say, Jonas Salk, as he spent time on curing POLIO, too?

STRANGE YOU OMIITED THIS -> That I also stated it was FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS (quit skimming - OR, rather "conveniently omitting", this ->) also, in THIS quote in my last post above:

http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1185815&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=27581413

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I built my app for HOSTS file mgt. (removes repeat entries, alphabetizes ALL entries, changes BLOCKING entries from the larger/slower 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 to the smaller/faster/more efficient 0 blocking IP address, & also pings my favs to put into the HOSTS file w/ their current IP address, to avoid the 30++ ms it takes to call out to a remote DNS server) so others could gain by its use (in security, and YOU agreed to that right off) AND to also get better speed online also

(Which you conceded happens, ONLY after YOUR seeing Mr. Oliver Day's reply from securityfocus.com here -> http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/491 [securityfocus.com] )...

All, so OTHERS USING MY SECURITY GUIDE gain by it, & it works for BOTH added security AND SPEED online (250,000++ views strong in 1 yrs.' time online, often HIGHLY rated or made an "essential guide" etc. or is most viewed across 20++ forums online, such as here -> http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=395376e859fcee5140c0853e11b8fc8f&showtopic=2662 )...

So THEY could save time in building a GOOD HOSTS FILE, & use the file I distribute for them to in HOSTS files!

(AND AGAIN? Folks using my security guide, and YES MY HOSTS FILE, are showing 1++ yr. of time w/ NO MALWARE INFESTATIONS NO LESS, & going faster online and locally also - so, see my last post in fact as to testimonies to that (or, I can provide them w/ URL's & PERTINENT QUOTES as proof thereof))...

(Man - It's the "techies" out there, just like YOU, that "f things up" badly: Your kind's unwilling to do necessary work for security because you say it's "too much time burned", & that's B.S. - I say YOU'RE LAZY (or unqualified to write code), is more like it - I mean, per the bottom of my P.S. below? Do YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT "layered security" means? I don't think so...)" - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 14, @10:06PM (#27581413)

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AND? THUS - ANOTHER "UNTRUTH" FROM YOU IS REVEALED, ONCE MORE, IN THIS PORTION OF THE ABOVE QUOTE (of MY OWN WORDS, above, & from my earlier post here, no less, as proof) , vs. YOUR UNTRUTHFUL STATEMENT BELOW I quote next:

"You still refuse to address that other than saying its your time" - by Nos. (179609) on Wednesday April 15, @01:12AM (#27582533) Homepage

Hey - It IS my "own time" & how I use it? Is to help others out in security in this field (and a LOT more, like coding or network engineering tasks, & over 16++ yrs. professionally, & 26++ yrs. TOTAL time...):

(Folks can & HAVE + DO USE the HOSTS file I build each day, & successfully... some even stating no malware infestations for m

"Even the security benefits you claim can be had far easier" - by Nos. (179609) on Tuesday April 14, @02:05PM (#27573945) Homepage

You know, for a guy that CLAIMS to have some 'security certifications'? Have YOU ever heard of the concept/term of "layered security"?

Look into it... & KNOW why I use MULTIPLER LAYERS of each of the things you noted... same reasoning as PORT FILTERING working w/ software firewalls, IP Security Policies, + hardware "NAT firewalling" & stateful packet inspecting routers, & more!

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OK now, per my subject-line? Now - kindly answer the 3 simple questions, enumerated #1-#3 below, & IN REGARDS TO THIS STATEMENT FROM YOU:

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"As I've said and you've agreed, you'll not recover the time you've invested" - by Nos. (179609) on Tuesday April 14, @02:05PM (#27573945) Homepage

1.) SHOW US ALL, WHERE DID I AGREE WITH YOU ONCE on hardcodes of my favorites into my HOSTS file for their URL-to-IP address resolution being slower, as you felt?

AND, which you CHANGED LATER (after question #2 below's code ONLY, that is):

"So all your "proof" of faster lookups via a hosts file I've already agreed." - by Nos. (179609) on Friday April 10, @03:25PM (#27535231) Homepage

?

(Tell us another one, ok? YOU CONTRADICTED YOURSELF IN THOSE QUOTES ABOVE, no less!)

Sheesh...

ANYHOW - The time I invested, was explained in my LAST post? (it was for the benefit of others!)

AND, again - I built my app for HOSTS file mgt. (removes repeat entries, alphabetizes ALL entries, changes BLOCKING entries from the larger/slower 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 to the smaller/faster/more efficient 0 blocking IP address, & also pings my favs to put into the HOSTS file w/ their current IP address, to avoid the 30++ ms it takes to call out to a remote DNS server) so others could gain by its use (in security, and YOU agreed to that right off) AND speed online also

(Which you conceded happens, ONLY after YOUR seeing Mr. Oliver Day's reply from securityfocus.com here -> http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/491 )...

All, so OTHERS USING MY SECURITY GUIDE gain by it, & it works for BOTH added security AND SPEED online (250,000++ views strong in 1 yrs.' time online, often HIGHLY rated or made an "essential guide" etc. or is most viewed across 20++ forums online, such as here -> http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=395376e859fcee5140c0853e11b8fc8f&showtopic=2662 )...

So THEY could save time in building a GOOD HOSTS FILE, & use the file I distribute for them to in HOSTS files!

(AND AGAIN? Folks using my security guide, and YES MY HOSTS FILE, are showing 1++ yr. of time w/ NO MALWARE INFESTATIONS NO LESS, & going faster online and locally also - so, see my last post in fact as to testimonies to that (or, I can provide them w/ URL's & PERTINENT QUOTES as proof thereof))...

(Man - It's the "techies" out there, just like YOU, that "f things up" badly: Your kind's unwilling to do necessary work for security because you say it's "too much time burned", & that's B.S. - I say YOU'RE LAZY (or unqualified to write code), is more like it - I mean, per the bottom of my P.S. below? Do YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT "layered security" means? I don't think so...)

SO, since you said I "agreed with you"? Well then - do what I do, & provide us a quote of MY agreeing w/ you on that, since you said I have... ok??

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2.) Did the coded illustration ->

http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1185815&cid=27513545

there, of loading 250

Heh, beg to differ: Everytime I hit a site that is in my favorites list, I do & I proved it via code no less!

(Also? My hardcoded favorite sites I put in my HOSTS file is now only 3kb long)

I.E.-> I pruned it some, so I have only 1 memmgt + diskcache subsystem caching to take place no less, speeding up access to it even further since it's read in, in 4kb increments (& here specifically on MY setup? There is no 4-8ms seek time, up from my CENATEK RocketDrive TRUE SSD (does not use slow flash, which is slower on writes)))?

It's only going to take 1 read in to cache it (diskcache of filedata from HOSTS), tops...

Additionally?

Well, apparently, I have to restate here, what I said in my other posts' P.S. section (my last post's URL I posted):

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"I give up. You've invested 20 hours in your setup. You will not recover that time." - by Nos. (179609) on Tuesday April 14, @10:57AM (#27570649) Homepage

NO work, especially HARD work (that others LIKE YOURSELF, apparently cannot do, because I gave you the code to verify it no less as well as the API calls here -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1185815&cid=27513545 ), is EVER a waste, because in the doing of it, you only get stronger/better/smarter, for the doing of it... first of all.

Secondly? What I do with my OWN TIME, is my own business... but, I did so, for the benefit of others (read on):

Lastly??

E.G. #1-> Others who use the HOSTS file I have are showing great results - they're who I was helping out, for a security guide I wrote last year that has gone over 250,000 views & actually DOES WORK, to secure Windows -> http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=c4c227eed40ee7b270887d405d9ea90d&showtopic=2662 [tcmagazine.com]

E.G. #2-> Folks using it are experiencing results like:

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A.) NO malware infestations for months to years @ a time

and

B.) Easily more speed online, and one of my pals estimates it to be DOUBLE his usual internet speeds, minus using a HOSTS file (he doubles his online speed using one, bigtime)!

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Would you like proofs & statements of THAT as well??? I can provide them, easily...

BOTTOM-LINE:

Faster is faster, & HOSTS file usage gives you that, as well as security benefits (which you agreed with)... AND, you also conceded that folks DO GO FASTER ONLINE, using a CUSTOM HOSTS FILE (for adbanner blocking @ least) after the quote I used from Oliver Day of SecurityFocus.com (which is that he goes faster online using HOSTS files, which may be for blocking adbanners, still faster IS FASTER) & also later after seeing that a small amount of file data like the favs I hardcode into my HOSTS file takes FAR LESS THAN 30++ms returns from remote DNS servers, period, & by MANY ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE no less...

APK

P.S.=> Did you ALSO, say this, & as your 1st statement here, no less ->

"You may want to rethink that part. For one, unless you have pathetic DNS servers, I doubt you'd ever notice doing the lookups." - by Nos. (179609) on Thursday April 02, @02:18PM (#27434051) Homepage

That IS what you stated, first, here, from here ->

http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1185815&cid=27434051

?

You never said a THING about my "wasting time" in writing up an app for this, that was intended to help others mainly... YOU are ONLY TRYING TO "SAVE FACE" now, w/ this line of UTTER b.s. about my wasting time that I will never 'make up' by creating an app that removes HOSTS files duplicated entries, alphabetizes their or

You said - "Because claiming that it (windows) is now "as secure" is a ludicrous assertion" well I have applied the CIS Tool and other guidance in this guide here -> http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=f480901f4791e58ae53a34fb5fb31431&showtopic=2662 and have been malware infection free for more than 6 months now. In that guide also is where Linux was shown, just like Windows is out of the box, to only score 46/100 on the CIS Tool (a benchmarking system of security based on industry best practices for many Operating Systems) by default. Once security hardened, Windows is shown to be able to get to a 99.058/100 score, and Linux was only capable of reaching 90/100 (from a user named Bert64 who posts here no less). I applied this guide after seeing testimonies here -> http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c92dde4c57f7304da17d4f3b38fef1e3&t=28430&page=3 of a users' there (Thronka) and his stating that even after more than 1 years' usage of Windows, the users own systems and those of his paying clients have seen no slowdowns (they go faster if anything, because I definitely now do, and cutting off services that run by default I did not need alone did that much for me, besides performance and security registry hacks, plus more), and have not been infected by malware of any kind due to practices recommended in that guide. It's good, because for more than 1/2 a year now, I have experienced the same and I used to get at least 10 infections a month. No more, and yes, on Windows. Windows can be secured quite easily once you are shown how to do it properly.

"There is so much legacy cruft in Windows I doubt it will ever be secure" - by NaCh0 (6124) on Monday April 06, @12:30PM (#27477443)

Untrue, because w/ a LITTLE work on the users' part, Windows can be made very secure, & stable (+ faster as well, as a bonus)...

Case in point/example:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=34a1a7feef74b8afb3e13f68a49f703d&t=28430&page=3

PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:

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"Its 2009 - still trouble free!

I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point.

So from 2008 till 2009, No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008.

Great stuff!

My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some leads.

APK - I will say it again, the guide is FANTASTIC! Its made my PC experience much easier. Sandboxing was great. Getting my host file updated, setting services to system service, rather than system local. (except AVG updater, needed system local)"

THRONKA

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Thus, as you can see, Windows can be made secure, quite easily, via using the CIS Tool Security analysis multiplatform security benchmark system (based on industry 'best practices' for securing various Operating Systems), as outlined in this guide (which is what THRONKA, the person quoted above, used in fact) -> http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=28c75dd785e7ae225a4ccd092e4155b5&showtopic=2662

APK

"from your reference, which says 2000 "does not run background apps" - by perryizgr8 (1370173) on Friday March 27, @12:04PM (#27358537)

Perry, Windows 2000 DOES run backgrounded tasks (such as drivers, services, & even apps via the registry "run areas" & startup groups)... &, just like Windows XP, Server 2003, VISTA, Server 2008, & Windows 7 do (as did Windows 9x, NT 3.5x-4.0, etc.)... pre-emptively no less.

They most likely meant "not as many backgrounded apps" by default, such as services (because 2000 has a LOT less of those than XP does by default).

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"of course i've not used 2000, that's why i was asking." - by perryizgr8 (1370173) on Friday March 27, @12:04PM (#27358537)

Fair enough then, now that I am aware of it... I gave you only SOME differences between Windows 2000 & its descendants in Windows XP/Server 2003/VISTA/Server 2008, & Windows 7 - &, there are others...

(Fact is, I gave you BOTH protective AND performance gaining ones & ones actually IN FAVOR of XP/Server2003/Server 2006/VISTA/Windows 7, in fact.)

Were I to choose "the best overall OS" that MS has, right now?

Windows Server 2003 SP#2 fully hotfix patched.

Secure & stable enough to keep NASDAQ running 24x7, to the fabled "5-9's" of 99.999% uptime because Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 does, and has done for YEARS now mind you, a great job of being the official disseminator of trade data @ NASDAQ, running into the "fabled 5-9's" of 99.999% uptime for years now, 24x7, via failover clustering... that was back in 2006 (possibly earlier, as that is only the date of the article):

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NASDAQ Migrates to SQL Server 2005:

http://windowsfs.com/enews/nasdaq-migrates-to-sql-server-2005 [windowsfs.com]

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As well as users (once they "security-harden" their Windows NT-based OS per this guide I wrote up in late 2007 (an extension of the older guide I wrote up for security & speedup of Windows NT-based OS' from NTCompatible.com circa 1998 &/or NeoWin forums guides, circa 2001, copied verbatim from my NTCompatible.com model no less & rated well) seeing NO malware infestations once they applied that guide of mine's points, for more than 1++ yrs. now of faster, stable, trouble-free operation:

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 & even VISTA, + make it "fun-to-do", via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=9783f30ecf36d1be841544233b95fdf8&showtopic=2662&st=0&start=0 [tcmagazine.com]

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USER FEEDBACK/TESTIMONIAL:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c96cb88da236d4122a8aef2235caec6b&t=28430&page=3

(Using a verbatim quote/User Testimonial, of 1++ yr. virus/spyware/trojan/rootkit/worm/malware-in-general trouble-free stable, fast, & secure operation as the result while using Microsoft Windows once security-hardened)

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"Its 2009 - still trouble free!

I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point.

So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008.

Great stuff!

My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now

"Microsoft runs a proprietary show where they 'set the standard' themselves" - by TheMMaster (527904) on Thursday March 19, @02:48PM (#27259629) Homepage

They sure do, and that standard runs on a good 95% of the world's PC's, from home user systems, up thru departmental LANs, & right up into enterprise-wide WANs + Back Office server type applications, on the most used hardware platform there is for personal computers & servers, in x86...

A standard that acts as the official disseminator of trade data @ NASDAQ using Windows Server + SQLServer 2005, & it has done so via failover clustering, for years now in a stable & consistent manner, running into the fabled "5-9's" of 99.999% uptime, since 2006 to present day:

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NASDAQ Migrates to SQL Server 2005:

http://windowsfs.com/enews/nasdaq-migrates-to-sql-server-2005 [windowsfs.com]

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AND, that stability also has been seen by end-users, once they FULLY 'security-harden' their Windows NT-based OS of modern variety, as shown here via quoted testimonial:

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 & even VISTA, + make it "fun-to-do", via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=9783f30ecf36d1be841544233b95fdf8&showtopic=2662&st=0&start=0

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USER FEEDBACK/TESTIMONIAL:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c96cb88da236d4122a8aef2235caec6b&t=28430&page=3

(Using a verbatim quote/User Testimonial, of 1++ yr. virus/spyware/trojan/rootkit/worm/malware-in-general trouble-free stable, fast, & secure operation as the result while using Microsoft Windows once security-hardened)

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"Its 2009 - still trouble free!

I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point.

So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008.

Great stuff!

My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some leads.

APK - I will say it again, the guide is FANTASTIC! Its made my PC experience much easier. Sandboxing was great. Getting my host file updated, setting services to system service, rather than system local. (except AVG updater, needed system local)"

THRONKA @ xtremepccentral.com

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As the saying goes?

"Nuff said"

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"THIS is why a) microsoft can't ever truly fix something and b) why using proprietary software screws over the user." - by TheMMaster (527904) on Thursday March 19, @02:48PM (#27259629) Homepage

That's funny: I don't see NTFS hosing people over like this ext4 fsync data-loss related problem...

APK

P.S.=> You can say what you wish in reply, I won't be there to see it. What I do know, is the facts noted above (& you are welcome to dispute them (to no avail, because facts ARE FACTS, & this article's topic even BACKS my 2nd statement in & of itself))... apk

"So yeah, of course mocking many here with things like GNU/Linux leg humpers, etc, is going to get you flamed in return. Not a great way to start an intelligent debate." - by Yfrwlf (998822) on Tuesday March 17, @12:18AM (#27221399)

Funny - My post was modded UP as "+2 Insightful", rather than being modded down in effete retaliation vs. the easily verified facts I posted above in regards to Windows stability & in both enterprise settings @ NASDAQ, and where Windows allows easy implementation of secured desktops from a central source (& yes, it's doable, see the user testimonial below), AND quite easily, vs. not so easy in Linux apparently (per the methods I noted above, whereas by way of comparison, Linux users cannot do so nearly as easily).

AND PLEASE: Guys, don't even TRY to tell me that the "Pro-*NIX" crowd here doesn't do any 'mocking' of Windows & Microsoft for Pete's sake: You KNOW they do!

(Heck, look @ the "BORG PICTURE" of Bill Gates used here as 1 single example thereof, & I "rest my case", on that note)

Anyhow/anyways, that all "said & aside"?

I'll top that off now, w/ a testimonial of how secured & stable a Windows NT-based OS of modern designs (2000/XP/Server 2003 &/or VISTA + Server2k8 also, since each responds to the techniques noted in the URL below just the same) can REALLY be, if done right, from the experiences of home users as well, after security-hardening Windows:

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 & even VISTA, + make it "fun-to-do", via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=9783f30ecf36d1be841544233b95fdf8&showtopic=2662&st=0&start=0

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USER FEEDBACK/TESTIMONIAL:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c96cb88da236d4122a8aef2235caec6b&t=28430&page=3

(Using a verbatim quote/User Testimonial, of 1++ yr. virus/spyware/trojan/rootkit/worm/malware-in-general trouble-free stable, fast, & secure operation as the result while using Microsoft Windows once security-hardened)

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"Its 2009 - still trouble free!

I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point.

So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008.

Great stuff!

My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some leads.

APK - I will say it again, the guide is FANTASTIC! Its made my PC experience much easier. Sandboxing was great. Getting my host file updated, setting services to system service, rather than system local. (except AVG updater, needed system local)"

THRONKA @ xtremepccentral.com

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As the saying goes?

"Nuff said"

(Albeit, this time, from the quoted/verbatim GOOD experience of an end-user on Windows as to speed, stability & reliability, and trouble-free operations from himself, his family + friends who have had him apply that guide's points, & also his paying clients as well, in addition to my "industrial environs" high tpm example from NASDAQ originally in my 1st post here).

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"Please point out areas in which GNU/Linux could use improvements, that will be a much more constructive

"Says who? On what basis?" - by salesgeek (263995) on Monday March 16, @12:31PM (#27211909) Homepage

Says end users who have tried this guide in the URL below is who, & here is one such person (for himself, his family, his friends, AND paying customers also):

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 & even VISTA, + make it "fun-to-do", via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=9783f30ecf36d1be841544233b95fdf8&showtopic=2662&st=0&start=0

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USER FEEDBACK/TESTIMONIAL:

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http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c96cb88da236d4122a8aef2235caec6b&t=28430&page=3

"I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008.

Great stuff!

My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some leads.

APK - I will say it again, the guide is FANTASTIC! Its made my PC experience much easier. Sandboxing was great. Getting my host file updated, setting services to system service, rather than system local. (except AVG updater, needed system local)"

THRONKA @ www.xtremepccentral.com

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Yes, changing OS is disruptive, but it solves the problem of malware in near finality" - by salesgeek (263995) on Monday March 16, @12:31PM (#27211909) Homepage

So does this testimonial from only 1 person who enjoys virus/spyware/worms/trojan/rootkit & malware-in-general FREE operations, & FOR MORE THAN 1++ yr. now, especially in the face of worms like CONFICKER lately even... w/out 'downtime' associated with moving folks to a new OS platform, & certainly one they are NOT familiar with.

APK

P.S.=> Now, I strongly wager that IF it is ever "the year of Linux on the desktop"? It too will be as strongly assaulted as is Windows today & for the past 2 decades now by malware authors, simply because it is the MOST used OS there is. They're after the LARGEST POSSIBLE TARGET after all, & the monies or other critical information users stash on their PC's - you make "Linux #1"?? It'll get hit just the same as Windows has been for a decade++ now or more... apk

"anecdotes from Windows users regarding how they tried to make an inherently insecure system secure could be extremely valuable" - by Jane Q. Public (1010737) on Thursday March 12, @04:11AM (#27163463)

Here is an anecdote, complete w/ quantified evidence of their security rating from a respected & widely recognized industry standards based benchmark gauge of security in the CIS Tool, with a user testimonial below, on how a Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 user CAN make modern Windows OS variants secure (not just try, they have, 1++ yr. free of virus/spyware/trojan/rootkit/worms/malware-in-general below & how they did it):

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 & even VISTA, + make it "fun-to-do", via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=9237bccd0bf4b73b2fc429d84ccf01d2&showtopic=2662 [tcmagazine.com]

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(It makes securing a Windows NT-based OS of modern varieties such as Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 actually fun! Much like running a PC performance benchmark almost and it is fun to do if you like benchmarking of any kind).

There in the url above you also can see how Windows 2000, XP, &/or Server 2003 do on said test (and the guide goes far beyond CIS Tool guidance only), and for a hour or so's worth of work on the testers' part and they can have a system that scores 99/100 potentially on said test as well as years to decades of secure uptime after using its points.

Word-of-Mouth/anecdotal results gained by a user who shows NO virus/spyware/trojan/rootkit/malware in general infestations on his own machine &/or those of his paying clients also after using this test & the points in the guide above:

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http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=b956ddd43cfcfc73f0f3378405860794&t=28430&page=3 [xtremepccentral.com]

"Its 2009 - still trouble free!

I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008.

Great stuff!

My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some leads.

APK - I will say it again, the guide is FANTASTIC! Its made my PC experience much easier. Sandboxing was great. Getting my host file updated, setting services to system service, rather than system local. (except AVG updater, needed system local)"

THRONKA @ www.xtremepccentral.com

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Thus, as you can see? It is easily "doable" to have a secure Windows OS on a PC...

(The entire "Linux is so secure" mantra you see online and rampantly here, in the past @ least but not so much anymore imo, is also upset by what is shown in the very 1st post in that guide because Linux itself can be more secure than it is out of the box oem stock as well, with data from a slashdot poster there in Bert64's 90/100 score using SuSe Linux as an example thereof - that said & aside, you Linux/BSD/Solaris fans here may wish to take a peek @ the CIS Tool as well for the purposes of making sure you "lock down" your *NIX machines also (this tool is extremely helpful on all of these platforms for these purposes)).

APK

"I foresee a lot of Microsoft Security jokes in the following threads." - by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 12, @03:48AM (#27163339)

I don't, because Windows can be as secure as any OS out there per this guide's steps ->

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 & even VISTA, + make it "fun-to-do", via CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=9237bccd0bf4b73b2fc429d84ccf01d2&showtopic=2662

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There, you see results from tests which utilize a multiplatform gauge of security based on industry best practices for this called

CIS Tool

(To make securing a Windows NT-based OS of modern varieties such as Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 in order to do so, and it is like running a PC performance benchmark almost and it is fun to do if you like benchmarking of any kind).

There in the url above you also can see how Windows 2000, XP, &/or Server 2003 do on said test (and the guide goes far beyond CIS Tool guidance only), and for a hour or so's worth of work on the testers' part and they can have a system that scores 99/100 potentially on said test as well as years to decades of secure uptime after using its points.

Word of Mouth results gained by a user who shows NO virus/spyware/trojan/rootkit/malware in general infestations on his own machine &/or those of his paying clients also after using this test & the points in the guide above:

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http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=b956ddd43cfcfc73f0f3378405860794&t=28430&page=3

"Its 2009 - still trouble free!

I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008.

Great stuff!

My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. Speaking of which, I need to call her to see if I can get some leads.

APK - I will say it again, the guide is FANTASTIC! Its made my PC experience much easier. Sandboxing was great. Getting my host file updated, setting services to system service, rather than system local. (except AVG updater, needed system local)"

THRONKA @ www.xtremepccentral.com

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(The entire "Linux is so secure" mantra you see online and rampantly here, in the past @ least but not so much anymore imo, is also upset by what is shown in the very 1st post in that guide because Linux itself can be more secure than it is out of the box oem stock as well, with data from a slashdot poster there in Bert64's 90/100 score using SuSe Linux as an example thereof - that said & aside, you Linux/BSD/Solaris fans here may wish to take a peek @ the CIS Tool as well for the purposes of making sure you "lock down" your *NIX machines also (this tool is extremely helpful on all of these platforms for these purposes)).

APK

P.S.=> Personally, I don't see as many "Pro-*NIX" people here stating that "Windows is insecure" as much as they used to, to be blunt about it upon my observation while stopping by here since 2004 to present day, because the jokes & jibes directed Microsoft's way seemed to have died down quite a bit, @ least in terms of security-oriented ones (oh, they're still around & about, just not nearly as much or as bad)... apk

"Sometimes the scope of Windows security stupidity astounds me. And yet they consistently keep finding ways to top themselves." - by v1 (525388) on Saturday March 07, @11:01AM (#27104913) Homepage

Then it appears to be up to end users to help them out, by doing a little bit of work (1-2 hours or so) to secure themselves vs. the threats present today online, thus:

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HOW TO SECURE Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, & even VISTA, + make it "fun-to-do" using CIS Tool Guidance (& beyond):

http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=09533d0df9933344bb7e42d05acb5cec&showtopic=2662

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It works, and has been working for myself since around 1997...

(When I began writing up guides (I was doing it on forums like 3dfiles.com before 1998 though) to submit as articles for websites that were Windows NT-based, to improve the security &/or performance of a Windows NT-based OS, such as the one from NTCompatible.com's former 1998-2003 "Article #1", where it was later featured @ Neowin forums, circa 2001 -> http://www.neowin.net/news/main/01/11/29/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text & rated very well)

Currently?

The guide is featured now on 20++ forums online, & has yielded some very good results (see my p.s. as an example) for people using its points on many levels!

E.G,-> It has crossed 200,000++ views in the relatively short timeframe of the 1 yr. this latest iteration of it has been online, & it was made an "ESSENTIAL GUIDE/Sticky-Pinned Thread" on 15/20 of those forums, as well as being the most viewed in a short timeframe (considering it has only been online in THIS form for a yr. now, & some of those sites it is on have been around a decade++), &/or being rated 5/5 stars, etc. et al... )

HOWEVER, AN IMPORTANT POINT (illustrated by "hard concrete evidence" in test scores):

The tips/tricks/techniques in that older model still shown @ Neowin forums would yield between 60-72/100 on the CIS Tool test - the new model of said guide, by way of comparison? 99/100 possible & doable scores result (examples thereof are shown in said thread URL above in fact)).

It just works, for both superior speed online AND security. From my own usage of it? 3++ yrs. now on this machine, no "bugs" or other hassles, & running as ADMINISTRATOR the entire time (& the system I had before this, 4++ yrs. same result).

APK

P.S.=> And, as to that guide's efficacy? The BEST testimonial I can provide, is the results of folks (others, not just myself) using it, such as those like THRONKA here, who have applied it to not only his own personal systems, but those of his clients, and NO VIRUS/TROJAN/ROOTKIT/SPYWARE/MALWARE-IN-GENERAL INFESTATIONS or other screwups, for more than 1++ yr. now, see here:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=4e5e02a13dff9594f890b9f5c7d4ae75&t=28430&page=3

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SALIENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:

"Its 2009 - still trouble free!

I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008.

Great stuff!

My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid. I am glad it worked and I am sure her wallet is appreciated too now that it works. S

"It's funny how your post on why perfect grammar" - by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 04, @01:02AM (#27061299)

It's funny how you fail to provide proof of your expertise & a supposedly complete mastery of English via a PhD in it. That said: So what makes YOU an expert in English writing, or someone to listen to at all on the subject, period?

Nothing.

So much for your "self-titled" delusions of grandeur, because I'd wager you are not an English instructor at any level. Above all else though, no one asked for your blatantly off topic help!

(Thus, if you cannot determine the meaning of words and phrases in the context which they are used in, you may have a problem yourself like dyslexia - that's all I can determine thusfar & you provided the data (or rather, lol, lack the PhD in English of yours as evidence data on your part that you are some expert in English)).

English Professor wannabe #2 (really same ac as above, now playing 'smart' here, lol, trying to fool us he has multiple supporters) to the rescue:

Reading comprehension an issue over there? Hooked on Phonics may be needed, & this isn't ENGLISH CLASS, it's the IT section... ok??

(Give us a break - you're off topic & obviously too weak in this technology to contribute useful information... can you show anyone reading here where you once conributed useful information on this malware & how to stop it? Not that I noticed... thus, you truly are off topic).

I.E.-> Can you show anyone reading here where you once contributed useful information on this malware & how to stop it? Not that I noticed... and, you certainly aren't even demonstrating you can read, because this forums section is about computing topics (not English).

(No. You clearly cannot.)

I will right here -> http://www.tcmagazine.com/forums/index.php?s=4480cdfb1e9cbe6c2729528f8c75dff7&showtopic=2662

See the "VIRUS REMOVAL SECTION" there... it gives a generic set of tools/tips/tricks/techniques in an article I authored that got me paid $100 over @ PCPitstop for winning their monthly contest, and was made an "ESSENTIAL GUIDE/sticky thread" there (as it was on 15/20 forums it is one, to the tune of 200,000++ views in 1 yr.'s time as well as often being rated "5/5 stars", & being the most viewed on forums that have been around for years to a decade++, in that short time frame also)...

The tips/tricks/techniqes there can be used on most any kind of malware to neutralize it, with tools you own already &/or completely free ones... I note that because unlike you? I am offering help via that set of techniques.

APK

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"Let me summarise my point for your small brain" - by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 04, @01:02AM (#27061299)

AGAIN (to sink in past your ADD &/or dyslexia, because otherwise it's evidence of skimming or outright stupidity on your part):

Is this English class? No, it's the IT section here. YOU can't even tell you are off topic, lol... "Hooked on Phonics", &/or ADD or DYSLEXIA meds may be the solution for YOU, so consider using it. "See Dick and Jane Run"... that's about your speed apparently, so give up the delusions of grandeur, because you obviously lack an accredited educational institution's training in English that establishes at least some form of professionalis &/or expertise as well as even a small right to critique the writings of others (that going to get you paid by the way for doing it? LOL, no!), and it is highly doubtful you are an English instructor at any level, much less a prof. of this language.

(So quit avoiding what was asked of you: Tell us, just where is that PhD in English that qualifies you as a critic and expert in it? Oh that's right: You have no such certification of expertise do you? Of course not!)